Appell Center for the Performing Arts and Creative Generation are pleased to announce their new collaboration to produce an actionable plan elevating community knowledge and inform a set of tools to create a community hub for arts and cultural education in York County, PA.
Together, the organizations have devised a responsive and community engaged participatory research and evaluation process, which involves numerous pathways for involvement of the myriad stakeholders of the Appell Center. Over six months, the teams will engage these stakeholders to imagine and forecast the futures of education and community engagement work of the Appell Center for the Performing Arts to inform future organizational planning and strategy. This work will also amplify the voices of York County artists, educators, parents, youth, and organizations to inform broader dialogues about the role of the arts in education and collaborations between cultural and education systems.
“We are proud to collaborate with an organization like the Appell Center for the Performing Arts and support its crystal clear vision to bring together York County’s diverse voices,” said Jeff M. Poulin, managing director of Creative Generation. “We, at Creative Generation, are excited to help realize this vision by helping community members articulate their goals to make the Appell Center a community hub for arts and cultural education.”
Creative Generation was founded in April 2019 as a research initiative and has grown its work throughout the United States and around the world. Through pioneering projects in the arts and cultural, education, and social change fields – and the relentless support of arts and cultural educators in their work to cultivate the creative capabilities of young people – the organization regularly supports organizations driving systemic change in their communities.
“Performing arts institutions are cultural assets for their community, and we at the Appell Center know there is more work to be done until we truly serve York County,” said Seth Laidlaw, Director of Education & Community Engagement of the Appell Center for the Performing Arts. “Our partnership with Creative Generation will help to elevate community voice so we can make sustainable changes and create new initiatives that expand our reach through learning and engagement.”
About Creative Generation
Creative Generation is a values-forward, global collective of artists, educators, administrators, researchers, storytellers, and activists that believes that youth create change. We serve as both a learning and capacity building organization that collaborates with young creatives and those who cultivate their creativity to take local actions towards global changes in pursuit of a more just world.
Learn more at www.Creative-Generation.org
About the Appell Center for the Performing Arts
The Appell Center for the Performing Arts features two historic theaters and works to inspire, educate and entertain through professional performing arts experiences that bring together York County’s diverse voices. Learn more at https://appellcenter.org